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Robert Jeffress - What God Has Joined Together

May 9, 2025 | 27:29

Robert Jeffress - What God Has Joined Together
Pathway to Victory offers a practical application of God’s Word to everyday life through the clear, biblical teaching of Pastor Jeffress.
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - What God Has Joined Together | May 9, 2025
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  • [announcer] from the pulpit of the first baptist church
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  • Of dallas, texas,
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  • This is "pathway to victory" with dr. robert jeffress.
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  • Hi, robert jeffress,
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  • And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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  • The foundational principle for marriage
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  • In the bible is this,
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  • One man with one woman for life.
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  • That's very clear.
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  • But does god allow exceptions to this rule?
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  • And in the event of a divorce,
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  • Is it okay for a christian man or woman to find a new mate?
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  • Today, we're going to examine what the bible says
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  • About divorce and remarriage.
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  • My message is titled, what god has joined together,
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  • On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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  • [announcer] think about a child in your life who needs
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  • In a way they can understand.
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  • In a way that's clear and engaging.
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  • Give your child the most important gift
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  • They'll ever receive,
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  • The opportunity to begin a relationship with jesus christ.
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  • Someone has said that there are two processes
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  • That should never be entered into prematurely,
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  • -embalming, -(congregation laughing)
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  • And divorce.
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  • No, actually both of those processes
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  • Have something in common.
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  • They both involve death.
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  • I think we all know this evening that divorce
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  • Is not the preferred way to handle marital conflict.
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  • We also know from a superficial reading of the scripture
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  • What god's attitude toward divorce is.
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  • The bible says god hates divorce.
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  • Now, it doesn't say he hates divorced people,
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  • But he does hate the process of divorce
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  • Because of what it does.
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  • Divorce not only is the death of a relationship,
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  • But it brings death,
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  • Destruction to those involved in the relationship.
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  • And yet even though most of us here tonight
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  • Realize god doesn't care for divorce,
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  • I think most of us here tonight, if we thought about it,
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  • Could think of one or two circumstances
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  • In which we would think maybe god would permit a divorce.
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  • We can think of situations
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  • In which we would counsel other people,
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  • Perhaps we would even allow ourselves to divorce.
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  • And yet there's probably not a consensus
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  • Among christians about what those circumstances are.
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  • Today, there is a lot of confusion in the church
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  • About the subject of divorce and remarriage,
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  • And the result is christians are divorcing at a record rate.
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  • In fact, the divorce rate for christians
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  • Is exactly the same, in some studies,
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  • Actually higher than the divorce rate among non-christians.
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  • Not only that children are being irreparably scarred
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  • Because of divorce,
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  • And most importantly the cause of christ
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  • Is being severely damaged in the world.
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  • If christians divorce at the same rate as non-christians,
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  • What is the sense in being a believer?
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  • Actually that's nothing new.
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  • The same confusion about the question of divorce
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  • And remarriage was occurring in the church at corinth,
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  • And that's why paul devoted an entire chapter
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  • To answering questions
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  • About this very controversial subject.
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  • If you have your bibles tonight,
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  • I want you to turn to 1 corinthians 7.
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  • Well, let me say tonight that if at the end
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  • Of these next few weeks you come to the conclusion
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  • That you divorced your mate
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  • And perhaps remarried somebody else
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  • For other than biblical reasons,
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  • Let me suggest to you that the right course of action
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  • Is for you to confess that mistake to god
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  • To ask for his forgiveness.
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  • Remember, divorce is not the unpardonable sin.
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  • To ask for his forgiveness and then purpose in your heart
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  • That you and your mate will have the best christian marriage
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  • You can possibly have.
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  • You'll be the finest christian husband,
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  • You'll be the finest christian wife you can be.
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  • God can cause all things to work together for good
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  • To those who love him and are called
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  • According to his purpose.
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  • I don't understand how that works,
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  • But god is able to do that.
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  • But under no circumstance am i suggesting
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  • That you need to dissolve your current marriage
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  • And go back to your former mate.
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  • In fact, as we'll see in a few weeks,
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  • God's word prohibits you doing that.
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  • To do that is to make a mockery out of marriage.
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  • So to those of you already divorced and remarried,
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  • God can grant forgiveness
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  • If it's for other than biblical reasons.
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  • But my purpose tonight and over the next few weeks
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  • Is to counsel those of you who have not divorced,
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  • And to say to you that the bible
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  • Has some very clear instruction
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  • Of what god's plan for marriage is.
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  • You may find yourself in a situation
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  • Where you're counseling with a son or daughter,
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  • A grandchild, a friend, about this important issue,
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  • And it's important for you to know what god's word says
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  • And doesn't say about divorce and remarriage.
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  • Now, i find in the church that christians
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  • Tend to go to one of two extremes
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  • When it comes to this issue of divorce and remarriage.
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  • There are many christians who say divorce for any reason,
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  • Divorce for any reason.
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  • If you're not fulfilled, if you're emotionally abused,
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  • If you're physically incompatible,
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  • If you don't like the person's in-laws,
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  • Whatever reason,
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  • God doesn't want you to go through life,
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  • These people say, miserable.
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  • And so the most important thing in your life
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  • Is your happiness.
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  • Therefore, if you want to get divorced,
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  • You can divorce for any reason whatsoever.
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  • Now, clearly that is not god's standard
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  • As we're going to see tonight.
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  • But there's another extreme that people go to in the church
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  • And that is divorce for no reason.
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  • Some say divorce for any reason,
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  • Others say divorce for no reason.
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  • If you make that thou,
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  • The bible does not allow you to divorce and remarry
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  • For any reason at all.
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  • That is an equally unbiblical position.
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  • The bible does give some reasons,
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  • Some allowances for divorce and remarriage
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  • That we're going to look at over the next several weeks.
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  • Now folks, if we are going to be a church
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  • That is built on the inerrant, infallible word of god,
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  • Then we have to allow the bible
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  • To be the final authority in this subject
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  • Of divorce and remarriage.
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  • It means we don't diminish, we don't lessen the standards,
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  • But it also means we don't be like the pharisees
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  • And exceed the standards of god's word.
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  • We have to preach what the bible teaches about the subject.
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  • Now, when we get to chapter verse 10,
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  • Paul is going to answer some questions about divorce
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  • And remarriage.
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  • If i am unhappy, am i permitted to leave my mate?
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  • What if i become a christian
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  • And the person i married when i wasn't a christian
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  • Remains a non believer?
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  • Does god want me to leave an unbelieving mate
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  • And marry a believing mate?
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  • What if my unbelieving mate deserts me, or divorces me,
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  • Or commits adultery, am i free to divorce and remarry?
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  • And what about the case of my mate's death?
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  • Does my mate's death allow me to remarry?
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  • Well, paul is going to answer
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  • All of those questions beginning in verse 10,
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  • And tonight we're going to look at the universal principle
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  • For marriage and it's stated in verses 10 and 11.
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  • Paul says, he's been talking to singles, now he says,
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  • "but to the married i give these instructions, not i,
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  • But the lord, that the wife should not leave her husband,
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  • But if she does leave, she must remain unmarried,
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  • Or else be reconciled to her husband,
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  • And that the husband should not divorce his wife."
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  • Now we're going to leave those words in parenthesis
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  • Until next week.
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  • Let's look at the general principle.
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  • Paul says, "i give this instruction, but it's not i,
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  • The lord is the one who's given this instruction."
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  • What does he mean by that?
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  • Remember last week when he talked about the advantages
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  • Of being single?
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  • Paul said, "now this didn't come from the lord,
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  • This is my word."
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  • Now paul says, "this is what the lord himself said,
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  • That the wife should not leave her husband
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  • And that the husband should not divorce his wife."
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  • That is god's universal principle for marriage.
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  • Not to say there are not some exceptions,
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  • We'll get to those,
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  • But the general principle is a husband and wife
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  • Are to remain together.
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  • Now, what does paul mean that the lord himself
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  • Address the subject?
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  • Where did jesus talk about the subject of divorce
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  • And remarriage?
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  • In several passages, but the foundational passage
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  • Is found in matthew 9.
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  • Turn back to matthew 19, pardon me.
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  • Matthew 19 where jesus in depth talk about the subject
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  • Of divorce.
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  • And it all began with a question from the pharisees.
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  • Look at matthew 19:3.
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  • "some pharisees came to jesus,
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  • Testing him and asking,
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  • "is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife
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  • For any reason at all?""
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  • Now, when the pharisees asked jesus this question,
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  • They didn't do so sincerely.
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  • They didn't have this question
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  • That was burning in their hearts,
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  • That they really wanted to know the answer to.
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  • In fact, the bible says they were testing jesus.
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  • Why?
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  • Because they were trying to get jesus, put him in a box,
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  • So that no, how he answered this question
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  • He was going to lose.
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  • They wanted to put him in a box
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  • Because they knew if he answered it the wrong way,
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  • He could either discredit his ministry
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  • Or he could even shorten his life.
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  • But notice how jesus skillfully responded
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  • To their questions.
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  • It begins in verse 4.
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  • Jesus saw this one coming.
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  • He replied, "have you not read,"
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  • You're the pharisees,
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  • You're supposed to know the old testament,
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  • "have you not read that he who created them
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  • From the beginning made the male and female, and said,
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  • "for this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother
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  • And be joined to his wife,
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  • And the two shall become one flesh?"
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  • So they are no longer two but one.
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  • What therefore god has joined together,
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  • Let no man separate."
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  • Now, at first glance,
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  • You might think jesus is avoiding the subject
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  • By going back to the book of genesis.
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  • Not at all.
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  • What jesus was saying is this whole complex issue
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  • Of divorce and remarriage can really be answered
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  • And unraveled when you understand god's original design
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  • For marriage.
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  • And i want you to notice in these three verses
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  • Three important principles that will answer 90%
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  • Of your questions about divorce.
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  • You ready to write them down?
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  • Here they are.
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  • First of all, our mates are designed to compliment us,
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  • Not to irritate us.
  • 00:11:50.633 --> 00:11:52.535
  • Our mates are designed to compliment us, not to irritate us.
  • 00:11:52.535 --> 00:11:57.339
  • Look at verse 4.
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  • Verse 4 says,
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  • "and he who created them created them male and female."
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  • Now, if you've been in church for any length of time at all,
  • 00:12:07.483 --> 00:12:09.585
  • You've probably heard some pastor rail on this verse,
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  • About god created them male and female,
  • 00:12:13.656 --> 00:12:16.492
  • Probably saying something like,
  • 00:12:16.492 --> 00:12:17.693
  • "when god created the first couple,
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  • He didn't create adam and steve, it was adam and eve."
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  • Haven't you heard that before?
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  • And they use this verse, male and female, male and female.
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  • Now that's true.
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  • That's absolutely true.
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  • But the more i've studied this verse,
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  • The more i realize his reason for saying this
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  • Is not the emphasis on the gender,
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  • The real key is the emphasis on the number.
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  • He who created them created them not males and females,
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  • But male and female.
  • 00:12:50.893 --> 00:12:54.430
  • When god created the first couple,
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  • He created two and only two.
  • 00:12:56.665 --> 00:13:00.970
  • Remember, in genesis 2:18, he said to adam,
  • 00:13:01.871 --> 00:13:06.141
  • "adam, i'm going to make you a helper
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  • Who is suitable for you."
  • 00:13:08.677 --> 00:13:10.479
  • That word suitable means opposite you.
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  • I'm going to fashion you a wife
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  • Who is uniquely designed for you.
  • 00:13:16.252 --> 00:13:18.954
  • And in fact, when we get down to verse 22 of genesis 2,
  • 00:13:18.954 --> 00:13:21.790
  • The bible says, "and god fashioned the woman for the man."
  • 00:13:21.790 --> 00:13:25.628
  • That word fashion, benuy, in hebrew means built.
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  • He built eve for adam.
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  • He custom made her for adam.
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  • And ladies and gentlemen,
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  • The same is true with the mate that god has given you.
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  • Your mate has been custom designed by god
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  • To meet your physical, your spiritual, your emotional needs.
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  • And there is nobody out there any better suited
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  • To meet those needs than that husband
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  • Or that wife god has given you.
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  • That's what he's saying here.
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  • God created them male and female.
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  • Our mates were designed to compliment us,
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  • Not to irritate us.
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  • They are god's custom made mate just for us.
  • 00:14:05.401 --> 00:14:09.872
  • Secondly, jesus teaches in this passage
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  • That marriage creates an unbreakable bond
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  • Between a husband and wife.
  • 00:14:15.010 --> 00:14:16.445
  • Look at verse 5,
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  • "for this reason,
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  • A man shall leave his father and mother and shall,"
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  • Some translations say, "cleave,"
  • 00:14:21.850 --> 00:14:23.686
  • Others say, "shall be joined to his wife,
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  • And the two shall become one flesh."
  • 00:14:26.889 --> 00:14:29.959
  • That word joined or cleave is a word that means
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  • To create an unbreakable bond.
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  • An unbreakable bond.
  • 00:14:36.899 --> 00:14:39.301
  • Now, when i was growing up and going to grade school,
  • 00:14:39.301 --> 00:14:42.604
  • Of course the big deal in august was to go with your parents
  • 00:14:42.604 --> 00:14:46.041
  • To go buy your school supplies.
  • 00:14:46.041 --> 00:14:47.409
  • Remember those treks to the drugstore,
  • 00:14:47.409 --> 00:14:49.211
  • Wherever to buy the construction paper, and the scissors,
  • 00:14:49.211 --> 00:14:51.914
  • And the crayons,
  • 00:14:51.914 --> 00:14:53.449
  • But usually on every list was required glue.
  • 00:14:53.449 --> 00:14:56.852
  • Now, most normal families,
  • 00:14:56.852 --> 00:14:58.554
  • People would buy the elmer's glue.
  • 00:14:58.554 --> 00:15:01.223
  • Remember the elmer's glue
  • 00:15:01.223 --> 00:15:02.558
  • And the little squirt bottles and so forth?
  • 00:15:02.558 --> 00:15:04.994
  • My family was so cheap, we would never buy the elmer's glue.
  • 00:15:04.994 --> 00:15:09.331
  • Instead, we would buy that paste.
  • 00:15:09.331 --> 00:15:13.402
  • You remember that paste that came in the jar
  • 00:15:13.402 --> 00:15:16.405
  • That had the plastic applicator and it would come out
  • 00:15:16.405 --> 00:15:19.775
  • And that was big clumps?
  • 00:15:19.775 --> 00:15:21.810
  • And the morons in the class would actually eat the stuff.
  • 00:15:21.810 --> 00:15:27.082
  • Remember that?
  • 00:15:27.449 --> 00:15:28.250
  • (congregation laughing)
  • 00:15:28.250 --> 00:15:30.052
  • And that's just as well
  • 00:15:30.052 --> 00:15:31.353
  • Because it would never hold anything together.
  • 00:15:31.353 --> 00:15:34.123
  • It was cheap, but it never, never worked.
  • 00:15:34.123 --> 00:15:38.460
  • Now you contrast that stuff with what came on years later,
  • 00:15:38.460 --> 00:15:42.131
  • Super glue.
  • 00:15:42.131 --> 00:15:43.265
  • You ever use super glue?
  • 00:15:43.265 --> 00:15:44.933
  • I mean one little dabble do , you put in there, quack!
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  • It creates a bond, an unbreakable bond.
  • 00:15:48.437 --> 00:15:51.140
  • Now, when jesus says a man shall leave his father and mother
  • 00:15:51.140 --> 00:15:53.976
  • And cleave to his wife,
  • 00:15:53.976 --> 00:15:55.511
  • He's talking about creating not that pasty kind of bond,
  • 00:15:55.511 --> 00:15:59.481
  • But that super glue kind of bond.
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  • When you come together with your husband or wife,
  • 00:16:02.317 --> 00:16:05.020
  • God's intention is that there be that unbreakable bond,
  • 00:16:05.020 --> 00:16:08.490
  • Not just physically but spiritually and emotionally as well.
  • 00:16:08.490 --> 00:16:13.228
  • And that's god's plan for marriage.
  • 00:16:13.228 --> 00:16:15.330
  • It's interesting how this word cleave
  • 00:16:15.330 --> 00:16:17.566
  • Is used elsewhere in scripture.
  • 00:16:17.566 --> 00:16:19.902
  • For example, remember the story of ruth
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  • And her mother-in-law, naomi.
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  • Anybody who has ever been to a wedding
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  • Or had a wedding performed by dr. criswell
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  • Can recite the story of ruth and naomi a verbatim.
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  • He would use it in every wedding ceremony.
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  • It's a great one to use in a wedding ceremony.
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  • Ruth and naomi were bound together.
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  • Ruth was married to naomi's son.
  • 00:16:46.895 --> 00:16:48.230
  • But when ruth lost her husband,
  • 00:16:48.230 --> 00:16:50.232
  • And naomi lost her husband as well,
  • 00:16:50.232 --> 00:16:53.102
  • Naomi assumed that ruth would go back to her home country
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  • And remarry.
  • 00:16:56.405 --> 00:16:57.806
  • But ruth didn't want to do that.
  • 00:16:57.806 --> 00:16:59.408
  • And we find this beautiful passage of scripture
  • 00:16:59.408 --> 00:17:02.978
  • In ruth 1:14, it says,
  • 00:17:02.978 --> 00:17:05.714
  • "and they lifted up their voices and wept again;
  • 00:17:05.714 --> 00:17:08.817
  • Now, orpah," that's not oprah, that's orpah,
  • 00:17:08.817 --> 00:17:13.222
  • That was naomi's other daughter-in-law
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  • Who had also lost her husband,
  • 00:17:15.491 --> 00:17:17.459
  • "orpah kissed her mother-in-law."
  • 00:17:17.459 --> 00:17:20.696
  • How did ruth respond to her mother-in-law?
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  • She clung to her.
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  • There's that word, she had that unbreakable bond.
  • 00:17:24.766 --> 00:17:28.203
  • "and ruth said,
  • 00:17:28.203 --> 00:17:29.605
  • "please do not urge me to leave you or turn back
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  • From following you from where you go, i will go,
  • 00:17:31.874 --> 00:17:35.377
  • Where you lodge, i will lodge.
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  • Your people will be my people,
  • 00:17:37.713 --> 00:17:39.314
  • And your god, my god.
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  • Where you die, i will die, and there i will be buried.
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  • Thus may the lord do to me, and worse,
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  • If anything but death parts you and me.""
  • 00:17:48.357 --> 00:17:53.095
  • Boy, what a contrast to so many couples today?
  • 00:17:53.996 --> 00:17:58.100
  • "you're thinking about moving to another city
  • 00:17:58.100 --> 00:18:00.736
  • For another job?
  • 00:18:00.736 --> 00:18:01.937
  • Well, you're going to go without me."
  • 00:18:01.937 --> 00:18:04.239
  • What a contrast to wherever you go, i will go,
  • 00:18:04.239 --> 00:18:07.976
  • Wherever you lodge, i will lodge?
  • 00:18:07.976 --> 00:18:10.345
  • Or, "i can't take that mother-in-law anymore.
  • 00:18:10.345 --> 00:18:14.983
  • It's either your mother or me, but not both of us."
  • 00:18:14.983 --> 00:18:19.288
  • What a contrast to your people shall be my people?
  • 00:18:19.288 --> 00:18:23.892
  • You see, god intends for marriage
  • 00:18:24.626 --> 00:18:26.595
  • To be that super glue kind of bond.
  • 00:18:26.595 --> 00:18:29.731
  • Jesus said it creates an unbreakable bond.
  • 00:18:29.731 --> 00:18:33.068
  • But that word cleave is not only used
  • 00:18:33.068 --> 00:18:35.304
  • To describe the relationship
  • 00:18:35.304 --> 00:18:36.572
  • Between people like ruth and naomi,
  • 00:18:36.572 --> 00:18:38.440
  • God also uses that word
  • 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:40.175
  • To describe our relationship with him.
  • 00:18:40.175 --> 00:18:43.011
  • In deuteronomy 10:20, the bible says,
  • 00:18:43.011 --> 00:18:45.914
  • "you shall fear the lord your god;
  • 00:18:45.914 --> 00:18:48.050
  • You shall serve him and cling to him,"
  • 00:18:48.050 --> 00:18:51.386
  • There's the word, "and you shall swear by his name."
  • 00:18:51.386 --> 00:18:55.324
  • Or joshua 22:5,
  • 00:18:55.324 --> 00:18:57.226
  • "only be very careful to observe the commandment
  • 00:18:57.226 --> 00:18:59.728
  • And the law which moses the servant of god commanded you,
  • 00:18:59.728 --> 00:19:03.298
  • You're to love the lord your god and walk in all of his ways
  • 00:19:03.298 --> 00:19:06.935
  • And keep his commandments,"
  • 00:19:06.935 --> 00:19:08.270
  • And here's the word,
  • 00:19:08.270 --> 00:19:09.438
  • "hold fast," or cleave,
  • 00:19:09.438 --> 00:19:11.240
  • "to him and serve him with all of your heart
  • 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:14.109
  • And with all of your soul."
  • 00:19:14.109 --> 00:19:16.411
  • Can you imagine god saying to us,
  • 00:19:16.411 --> 00:19:18.780
  • "now, i want to be your god
  • 00:19:18.780 --> 00:19:21.450
  • And i want you to worship me as your god,
  • 00:19:21.450 --> 00:19:24.219
  • Unless of course another god comes along
  • 00:19:24.219 --> 00:19:26.655
  • That you're more attracted to,
  • 00:19:26.655 --> 00:19:28.624
  • Then you're free to worship him."
  • 00:19:28.624 --> 00:19:30.058
  • Can you imagine god saying that?
  • 00:19:30.058 --> 00:19:32.127
  • Or god saying to us,
  • 00:19:32.127 --> 00:19:33.362
  • "i want you to cling to me and love me
  • 00:19:33.362 --> 00:19:35.397
  • With all of your heart,
  • 00:19:35.397 --> 00:19:37.366
  • Unless, of course, you fall out of love with me,
  • 00:19:37.366 --> 00:19:41.003
  • Nothing lasts forever, then you're released from your bond."
  • 00:19:41.003 --> 00:19:45.207
  • Such a thought is ridiculous.
  • 00:19:45.207 --> 00:19:47.643
  • Regardless of our changing affections
  • 00:19:47.643 --> 00:19:49.945
  • Or changing circumstances,
  • 00:19:49.945 --> 00:19:51.713
  • We are to remain bound in our covenant relationship
  • 00:19:51.713 --> 00:19:55.350
  • With god.
  • 00:19:55.350 --> 00:19:56.585
  • Now, he uses that very same word
  • 00:19:56.585 --> 00:19:59.454
  • To describe the marriage relationship.
  • 00:19:59.454 --> 00:20:02.524
  • It doesn't matter if your feelings change,
  • 00:20:02.524 --> 00:20:04.559
  • It doesn't matter if your circumstances change,
  • 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:07.429
  • You are to keep that commitment you have made to your mate.
  • 00:20:07.429 --> 00:20:12.334
  • Marriage creates that kind of unbreakable bond.
  • 00:20:12.334 --> 00:20:16.705
  • And then number three, in this passage,
  • 00:20:16.705 --> 00:20:18.840
  • Jesus reminds us that every marriage is orchestrated by god.
  • 00:20:18.840 --> 00:20:24.079
  • Look at verse 6.
  • 00:20:24.446 --> 00:20:25.847
  • "so then they are no longer two, but one flesh.
  • 00:20:25.847 --> 00:20:29.985
  • What therefore god has joined together,
  • 00:20:29.985 --> 00:20:32.587
  • Let no man separate."
  • 00:20:32.587 --> 00:20:35.190
  • That's obvious that god arranged the union
  • 00:20:35.190 --> 00:20:38.360
  • Between adam and eve.
  • 00:20:38.360 --> 00:20:40.062
  • The bible says in genesis 2:22,
  • 00:20:40.062 --> 00:20:42.698
  • "after god fashioned the woman for the man,
  • 00:20:42.698 --> 00:20:45.534
  • He brought his new creation, eve,
  • 00:20:45.534 --> 00:20:48.036
  • He brought her physically to the man."
  • 00:20:48.036 --> 00:20:52.240
  • He orchestrated that relationship, no doubt about it.
  • 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:56.178
  • But how do we know this applies to us?
  • 00:20:57.012 --> 00:21:00.248
  • When god says,
  • 00:21:00.248 --> 00:21:01.683
  • "therefore a man shall leave his father and mother
  • 00:21:01.683 --> 00:21:03.952
  • And shall cleave to his wife
  • 00:21:03.952 --> 00:21:05.153
  • And the two shall become one flesh,"
  • 00:21:05.153 --> 00:21:07.255
  • He's obviously not referring just to adam and eve.
  • 00:21:07.255 --> 00:21:10.359
  • How do i know that?
  • 00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:11.760
  • Well, because adam didn't have a father to leave.
  • 00:21:11.760 --> 00:21:14.396
  • He had no father and mother to leave and go to his wife.
  • 00:21:14.396 --> 00:21:17.632
  • So what jesus and moses are doing is,
  • 00:21:17.632 --> 00:21:20.902
  • They're taking the story of adam and eve
  • 00:21:20.902 --> 00:21:23.071
  • And they're expanding it
  • 00:21:23.071 --> 00:21:24.306
  • To include god's plan for all of us.
  • 00:21:24.306 --> 00:21:28.076
  • And what jesus is saying is just as god brought eve
  • 00:21:28.076 --> 00:21:32.647
  • To adam, so god brought your mate to you.
  • 00:21:32.647 --> 00:21:36.985
  • What god has joined together, let no man separate.
  • 00:21:36.985 --> 00:21:43.625
  • I can look back and i can see god's hand
  • 00:21:44.493 --> 00:21:47.863
  • Orchestrating every detail that brought amy into my life,
  • 00:21:47.863 --> 00:21:52.334
  • Starting back in the seventh grade.
  • 00:21:52.334 --> 00:21:54.403
  • Every detail supernaturally worked together
  • 00:21:54.403 --> 00:21:57.539
  • To bring us together.
  • 00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:59.408
  • And i bet you can do the same with your mate.
  • 00:21:59.408 --> 00:22:01.309
  • You can look back and see how god brought you
  • 00:22:01.309 --> 00:22:04.746
  • And your mate together.
  • 00:22:04.746 --> 00:22:06.648
  • What therefore god has joined together,
  • 00:22:06.648 --> 00:22:09.184
  • Let no man separate.
  • 00:22:09.184 --> 00:22:11.920
  • Here's what jesus is saying.
  • 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:14.456
  • When you consider that god has supernaturally
  • 00:22:14.456 --> 00:22:18.660
  • Created your mate just for you,
  • 00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:22.130
  • When you understand that marriage
  • 00:22:22.130 --> 00:22:23.765
  • Creates an unbreakable bond between you and your mate,
  • 00:22:23.765 --> 00:22:27.235
  • When you remember all of the circumstances
  • 00:22:27.235 --> 00:22:29.805
  • That god put together to bring you and your mate together,
  • 00:22:29.805 --> 00:22:32.774
  • How could you possibly think of destroying
  • 00:22:32.774 --> 00:22:36.711
  • That relationship that god has created?
  • 00:22:36.711 --> 00:22:40.081
  • But pastor, what if my mate abuses me?
  • 00:22:40.916 --> 00:22:47.722
  • What if my mate abandons me?
  • 00:22:48.323 --> 00:22:51.226
  • What if my mate commits adultery and will not repent?
  • 00:22:51.226 --> 00:22:55.263
  • What if my mate dies and leaves me alone?
  • 00:22:56.131 --> 00:22:59.668
  • Aren't there some exceptions to this one man with one woman
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  • For life principle?
  • 00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:06.208
  • Of course there are,
  • 00:23:06.208 --> 00:23:07.876
  • And we're going to talk about those next time.
  • 00:23:07.876 --> 00:23:11.346
  • But here's the point,
  • 00:23:11.346 --> 00:23:12.481
  • When you understand god's principle,
  • 00:23:12.481 --> 00:23:17.252
  • God's foundational principle for marriage,
  • 00:23:17.252 --> 00:23:19.788
  • It really uncomplicates a lot of those thorny issues.
  • 00:23:19.788 --> 00:23:23.291
  • And god's foundational principle is this,
  • 00:23:23.291 --> 00:23:26.595
  • One man with one woman for life.
  • 00:23:26.595 --> 00:23:30.866
  • What god has joined together, let no person separate.
  • 00:23:30.866 --> 00:23:36.238
  • ♪ music ♪
  • 00:23:36.238 --> 00:23:42.143
  • What therefore god has joined together, let no man separate. that is god's foundational principle for marriage
  • 00:23:42.143 --> 00:23:47.115
  • That is god's foundational principle for marriage
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  • And the guiding light for every marriage.
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  • You may be watching "pathway to victory" today
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  • And suffering from the realities of a devastating divorce.
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  • Perhaps you're wondering,
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  • Dr. jeffress, does god make exceptions to this one man
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  • With one woman for life principle?
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  • Well, the answer is yes, he does make exceptions.
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  • In fact, he even lays out some very specific instances
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  • When divorce and remarriage are permissible,
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  • And we'll venture into that relevant topic next time.
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  • Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next
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  • In our series, "straight answers to tough questions."
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  • From the very beginning,
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  • God's foundational principle for marriage
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  • Has been one man with one woman for life.
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  • That's the foundation for marriage.
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  • But what happens when there are cracks in that foundation?
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  • Well, that's what we're going to look at tonight.
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  • Does the bible ever permit for divorce and remarriage?
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